Combination amusement and vending device



Oct. 7 1924.

1,510,899 G. E. NORRIS COMBINATION AMUSEMENT AND VENDING DEVICE Filed July 24. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1

Oct. 7 1924.

G. E. NORRIS CGMBINATIGN AMUSEMENT AND VENDING DEVICE Filed July 24. 1923 2A Sheets-Sheet '/l/lfll/l//ll/ll/lllllllIllll/l//lllII/llIlllllll Biff/f wowng Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. NOBRIS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMBINATION AMUSEMENT AND VENDING DEVICE Application led J'uly 24, 1923.

the following is a specification.

The present invention is directed to improvem'ents in combination amusement and vending devicesl The primary object of the invention is to provide a vending machine which is contro led by' a toy pistol suitably connected with the vendingmachine casing, the construction yof the pistol being such that a coin can be projected ata tar et located in thevending machine casing, said pistol having [combined therewith a positlve means for actuating the tripping mechanism of the vending machine so that a person operatin a machine will be assured of a piece of con ection, such as chewing gum, each time the pistol is o y rated.

A further o ject of the invention is to provide' a novel orm of pistol wherein the coin"can' be pxrojected rapidly at a bulls eye and .in t is manner the skill of the operatorsc'an'be ascertained, thereby affording considerable amusement when the machine is operated..

urtherobject of V,the invention' is to providem'eans wherebjonly one coin can be inserted'in the .pistolI at Va time.

I With these and other objects in view, as willfappear :asthe description proceeds, the invention consistsn the nove features of construction, combinations of elements and arran ements of arts,v and hereinafter to be fu y 'descri and .pointed out in the ap nded claims. 4 i

l n the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, v Figure 2 is a sectional view on line 2--2 of'Figure 1, l

Fi 4 rc3 1s a side view of the pistol with one slde 'plate removed, v"Fi e 4f is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 3,

"Fi re 5 is a sectional view on line 5-5 of'Figure 3,

Fi ure 6 is a detail sectional view of the vending mechanism trip,

Serial N0. 653,555.

Figure 7 is va front view of the vending tripping mechanism, partl in section, and

Figure 8 is a horizonte detail sectional view through the vending machine casing showing the vending pan;

Referring to the drawin 1 designates the stock of -the pistol which consists of complementary sections 2 and 3, the forward ends of which terminate respectively in a plate 4: and a frame 5. The section 3 of the stock has pivotally connected thereto a hammer 6, the same being under constant tension through the medium of the suitably connected coil spring The forward Swingin movement of the hammer is limited by t e stops 8 and 9. Slidable in a guide 10 formed between the plate 4 and the frame 5 is a bar 11, the rear end of which is provided with a trigger 12, while the forward end is formed with an offset lug 13 having an integral vertical pin 14 carried thereb and to which is p-ivotally connected the orward end of the detent 15. The rear end of the detent is provided with a shoulder 16 which is aligned with the shoulder 17 formed on the hammer 6 and is further provided with a beveled finger 1S, the purpose of which will appear later. The shoulder 16` is slidable in a roove 19 in the frame 5 and in order to ho d the detent 15 in yielding engagement with thev frame a coil spring 20 is employed, one end of which being connected to a pin 21 carried b the frame 5, while the other end thereo is secured 'to the detent 15, and it will be observed that the ring is secured eccentrically to the pivota connection of the detent with the pin 14; so as to assure that the det/ent will yieldably engage the associated frame.

The detent is further rovided with a right angular lip 22 whc overhangs the rib 23 of the frame 5, said rib being laterally spaced from the plate 4 so as to provide a coin receiving slot 24 which opens between the outer ends of the plate 4 and frame 5.

The plate 4 and frame 5A have suitably secured thereto cover plates 25 and 26, respectively. The cover plate 25 is provided with a groove 27 in which is located a longitudinally extending pin 28, the rear end of which is pivotally connected with the panels so that the pistol can be aimed and' furnish suicient liUht tothe casing to discern the tar et. l

Located behind -the wa 35. which bears interiorfof the the target 33 is aspring controlled pivotally.,

mounted plate 36 havingfa shoulder 37 c a'r ried thereby for4 normallyv engaging the spring controlled pivotally supported lever 33 to the .upperend of which is pivotally connected a link 39, said:linkfbeing also pivotally connected toa bar 40 which ispir-V otallyfconnected intermediate its ends to a bracket 41 located .in the casing 32, saidbar having a .pivoted pawl 42 carried by 'one end for successively engaging the ratchets 43 carried by .the vending pan 44 to rotate the same so as to discharge onearticleat atime intothe chute 45, the article vendedbeing preferably su ar coated chewing -gum in ball form, which nally arereceived in;the;dis charge receptacle 46 carried by the pasing.

In order. to assure, the: person operating the machine a piece of um or the'likeyfor, each coin projectedsby tv epistol, a rod47 is employed and .has its rearendlocated in the groove 27 of the pistol and in,.engage ment with theforward endggof the' pin 28, the forward end ofsaidj rodheing normally engaged with. the plate 36'; as more clearly shown in Figure 6.0i. the drawing, Thusiit will be seen that every time..the hammer4 G is actuated to project the coin from the pis-l l'ol that the rod 47 will be; actuated, thereby tripping the plate V36 to release the ,leverg38 whereupon the link :39 .will-swing the-bar 40 to engage successively ,theratchets car-A ried' by the vending pan, .To-reset the lever 38 a handle 48 is sldably connectedptdone end :of thev bar 40 -so-that the-ip layieranpon moving thehandle. 48 outwardlywillf Swing the lever A3,8 Vto thef positionas; shownnf-ig.- nre 6 and simultaneously. therewith;A the; pan will belrotated so thataiball-ogunl 4 9fwill be discharged-from-one of itscompartments into the ciute 45 for delivery. Sineeithe vending mechanism per se forms no part of the invention, andv'is ofconventional -orm a detail description thereofis not'thought necessary.- l 1` To Aoperate the pi,stol,a;coin 5 0, shownjviu dotted lines iin-Figures and 44 is 5 dropped so as to occupy the space between the shoulder 16 of the detent and the shoulder 17 of the hammer so that when the trigger '12 is moved rearwardly the bar 11 and its associated 'detent l5 will slide rearwardly, and owing to the presence of the coin the hammer will be s\\ung rearwardly as lon as the .coin serves as a connector. Continue movement of the bar 11 rearwardly will cause the beveled finger 18 ofthefdetent to engage the cam lcarried by the frame 5, thus causing the detent to swing laterally until the shoulder 16 thereof disengages the periphery of the coin; whereupon lthe coin will `be projected from the pistol rapidly under the impact of the hammer 6. It will be of course obvious thatas soon as the trigger 12 is released that the spring 20 will cause thelbar and its associated detent to more forwardly to its normal or inactive position'. Since the lip22is carried by the detentit will be obvious that the same will ride under the main coin slot entrance 52 so-that a second coin can not be 4dropped into th'e pistol. y

In using the device the operator.` grasps the stock 1 of the pistol :and aims thesame so that the coin projected will enter the bullfs eye opening34, and when this occurs th'eucoin will gravitate and hit a bell 53 mounted -in the casing so as to indicate that the coin has entered the bulls eye, opening. A nycoins not entering the opening 34 will dropdown. upon the chute 54 and Vinto the casing,- it being ,of course understood that the person using the pistol will receive un article whether-thecoin enters .the openinfr 34'. or not,.this being accomplished throu li the medium o f the rod 47 which trips tie vending mechanismevery time the hammer actuates to project the coin from the pistol.

A coil spring 55 is employed Iand has-one end connected to the outer end of the rod( 47 while'its other end is anchoredl to the casing in any suitable manner, saidspring serving to assure that the rod 47 will be normally engaged with the in 28.

VV'hen the plate 4 and rame 5 are in their assembled relationship and the cover plates 25 and 26'are attached thereto, a barrel -56 will be simulated so that the pistol. will have the general appearance of a real pistol.-

What is claimed is:

1. A pistol of the ,class described comprising a barrel, a spring actuated hammer-associated fwith the barrel, a trigoer having a bar carried thereby, a detent pivotally-,conf nected with the har, the.barrel having.=an entrance slot to permit a coingtobenplaced between the detentand hammer, andmeans for swinging the detent laterally.When4 the trigger bar isactuated -torelease .the..coin, whereby the hammer propels the coin 'from the barrel.,

2. A pistol of the.class.described comprising a barrel, a spring actuated hammer associated with the barrel, a detent slidably mounted in the barrel, means for inserting a coin between the detent and hammer, and means for sliding the detent rearwardly and swinging the same laterally to permit the hammer to propel the coin from the barrel.

3. A pistol of the class described comprising a barrel, a spring actuated hammer associated with the barrel and having a shoulder, a bar slidable in the barrel and having a trigger carried thereby, a detent pvotally connected with the bar, said detent having a shoulder, means for inserting a coin in the barrel for engagement between the shoulders of the detent and hammer, and means operable upon sliding the bar and trigger rearwardly to move the detent laterally to cause the shoulder thereof to disengaoe the coin, whereby the hammer is operated to project the coin from the barrel.

4. A pistol of the class described comprising a barrel, said barrel having a coin slot therein, a trigger bar slidable in the barrel and having a detent pivotally connected therewith, a shoulder on the detent and normally engaged in the coin slot, a spring actuated hammer pivotally associated with the barrel and having a shoulder normally aligned with the shoulder of the detent, means for inserting a coin in the barrel for lodgement between the shoulders of the hammer and detent, and means for swinging the detent laterally to free the shoulder of the detent from the coin to permit the hammer to propel the coin from the coin slot.

5. A toy pistol of the class described comprising a barrel, a hammer associated with the barrel, a detent in the barrel for engagement with a coin positioned between the hammer and a detent, and means for sliding the detent rearwardly to place the hammer in a coin propelling position, and means for swinging the detent laterally to free the coin to permit the hammer to project the same from the barrel.

6. In combination with a vending machine, a pistol, a hammer for the pistol, and means connecting the vending mechanism and hammer and operable by the hammer for actuating the vending mechanism upon actuation of the hammer.

7. In combination with a vending machine, a pistol, a trigger actuated bar associated with the barrel and having a detent carried thereby, means for introducing a coin in the barrel for connecting the hammer and detent, a pin having one end pivotally connected with the hammer, a rod engaged with the other end of the in for actuating the vending mechanism w ien the hammer is disengaged from the coin, and

means for swinging the detent laterally to permit the release of the coin.

8. In combination with a vending machine, a pistol comprising a barrel, a hammer associated with the barrel for projecting a coin therefrom, a pin slidably associated with the barrel and pivotally connected with the hammer for actuating the vending mechanism upon actuation of the hammer, as and for the purp e set forth.

9. A pistol of the class des ribed comprising a barrel, having coin entrance and exit slots, a spring actuated hammer associated with the barrel, a detent slidably and pivotally mounted in the barrel for cocking the hammer when a coin is laced between the detent and hammer, andp means carried by the detent for obstructing the coin entrance slot when the detent is in a hammer cooking position.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

GEORGE E. NORRIS. 

